UJCC has been blessed by the presence, support, love, and ministry of four retired pastors over the years: Rev. Hope Kawashima, Rev. Mas...

Rev. Ken Saito was UJCC’s Nichigo (Japanese language) pastor from 1990-1995. He served our community with his wife Linda. We are grateful...

Rev. Roger Morimoto (pictured here) served Christ United Methodist Church and then UJCC from 1990-2001. He was the pastor who brought...

Our Nichigo-Bu, UJCC’s Japanese-speaking ministry, has a long history of serving God. They have enjoyed retreats with other Nichigo-bu,...

The United Methodist Fellowship Church, known affectionately as Reedley Fellowship Church, was faithful in ministry from 1954-2015. The...

The Selma Fellowship had a long history of relationship between the Christians and Buddhist communities in Selma. They shared a building...

In 2018, UJCC Film and Cultural Series was formed. It has hosted film screenings, concerts, and a genealogy workshop…always followed by...

Over the years, UJCC has been involved in service and missions to our wider community. Lay leadership has included June Sakaguchi, Dr....

Members of all ages of our UJCC family have folded their prayers for peace and comfort into cranes that have flown to communities...

UJCC has been blessed by many Sunday School superintendents over the years: Kimi Okahata, Janelle Saito, June Sakaguchi, Stephanie Sumi,...

In January 2003, “Friends Care” began offering Japanese-style lunches “Japanese food for the soul” twice a month to church friends with...

We celebrate UJCC's history with our Poet Highlight Day 3! Jon Visitacion grew up at UJCC and is now an ordained deacon serving the...

Our 2nd poet highlight is Brynn Saito, raised at UJCC, now an assistant professor of Creative Writing in the English Department at Fresno...

Did you know UJCC has raised and nurtured poets? For the next 3 days, we highlight 3 poets from UJCC. Bev Herron wrote this poem...

For UJCC’s 25th Anniversary, Janelle Saito put together these poster boards together to celebrate the Tomodachi ministry.(“Tomodachi”...

The UJCC Fishing Club members included Taro Asami, Hiro Isogawa, John Kimura, Bill Sumi, and John Tateyama. Randy Isogawa remembers his...

The cross which now hangs in the UJCC sanctuary isn’t very rugged, but was carefully and lovingly crafted. It was created by the jeweler...

The only other name floated for our congregation had “Nikkei” (meaning “people of Japanese ancestry”) in it. It was not well-received and...

The first Vacation Bible School (or VBS) was in 1996, "Sontown." Janelle Saito, Chris Takeda, and Jean Yang were the coordinators....

Many students have played in the UJCC sanctuary for auditions and recitals, including the students of Rev. Hope Kawashima who played &...